MPH Curriculum

The curriculum for the
MPH degree is competency-based in order to comply with current national efforts
to improve the quality and accountability of public health training programs.
The Program in Public Health faculty developed the required MPH Core
Competencies, using the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health
(ASPPH) Master’s of Public Health Core Competency Development Project as the
starting point.

To ensure that all
students have a broad understanding of the basic areas of public health, every
student is required to complete all MPH Core courses satisfactorily. Students
receive training in the five basic, discipline-specific, competency areas of
public health: biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, health
policy and management, and the social and behavioral sciences. Students
also receive core competency education in informatics and communication,
professionalism, systems thinking, research methods, and problem solving.
The Health Analytics, Health Policy & Management, and Community Health
concentrations have concentration-specific competencies. The Program’s
success in transmitting the competencies to students is measured before and
after completion of the Program (Orientation and Graduation Competency
Assessments), as well as before and after each Core course (Pre/Post Course
Competency Assessments). A table with the complete list of MPH Core and
Concentration Competencies is on the Program in Public Health website, click here.